The millions of Peruvians who have escaped poverty over the past decade are at risk of becoming poor again due to the slowdown in the economy, according to Oxfam,.

Peru saw its economy boom from 2004 to 2013, driven by China's demand for raw materials like copper. Peru is one of the world's biggest mineral producers, with metals accounting for more than half of its total exports.

Peru's strong economy led to a decline in poverty and a bigger middle class that spurred domestic demand. Peru's poverty rate fell from almost 60% in 2004 to about 24% last year, according to the World Bank.

Peru's exports fell 15.3% in September versus the same month last year, marking the third worst decline in the value of shipments abroad so far this year, according to export association Adex.

Adex said the total value of exports in September was US$3.07 billion, financial daily Gestion reported.

Adex's chief economist, Carlos Gonzalez, said the decline was due to a 21.4% decrease in the value of traditional commodity exports, which account for almost 70 percent of total exports.

Peru will likely begin selling up to 49 percent of state-run energy company Petroperu on the Lima stock exchange in the second quarter of 2015, Deputy Energy Minister Edwin Quintanilla said in an interview on Monday.

The government is now studying what size of a stake it should sell on the bourse, Quintanilla said. Peru passed a law late last year allowing for the privatization of all but a controlling stake in Petroperu in a bid to modernize the 40-year-old company.

Peru will likely produce less copper this year and next than previously expected as big new projects face delays and output from the country's top producer slides on lower ore grades, the government said on Tuesday.

Energy and Mines Minister Eleodoro Mayorga said Peru will likely produce 1.4 million tonnes of copper this year, similar to last year's 1.37 million tonnes and under a September estimate for 1.5 million tonnes.
 

Peruvian Hass avocado shipments totaled US$298 million between January and August this year, a 67.5% increase compared to the same period last year, reported Peru's Export and Tourism Promotion Board (Promperu).
 

Manuel Pulgar Vidal, who will chair this year's UN negotiations in Lima, said today that the new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC] was one of the most important political signals yet for a new international emissions reductions agreement. 

 New research by the Lima-based Instituto del Bien Comun, a non-governmental organization that promotes indigenous rights and environmental stewardship, has found that 1.42 million hectares (3.5 million acres) have been deforested in the Peruvian Amazon.

The Peruvian Amazon Map 2014 said that about 25% of the land that has been cut down was on indigenous territory and protected natural areas, daily Gestion reported.

It was the second burial for the three members of the citizen self-defense force from this remote Andean village, who officials say died so that others might live.

The men were slain on June 14, 1990, investigators say, defending the 100 people who then inhabited Huallhua from an attack by Shining Path rebels with the only weapons at their disposal - rocks.

Huaca Malena is an ancient Peruvian burial site located approximately 100km (62 miles) south of the capital, Lima.

It is a major cemetery of the Wari culture, a civilisation which flourished in the Andes between the seventh and the 12th Century.
 

The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (Unesco) emphasized the educational policy developed by the Peruvian government in different aspects, especially those related to the improvement of teacher's performance.
 

Peruvian President Ollanta Humala Tasso will pay a working visit to China and attend the 22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting in Beijing from Nov. 10 to 13, a Foreign Ministry spokesman announced Tuesday.

Humala is making the visit at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, spokesman Qin Gang said.

Having won Best Restaurant in Latin America in September 2014, it can't be denied that Lima's own Central Restaurant is a thriving business. Owner and chef, Virgilio Martinez, has since expanded into the London market with restaurants serving Peruvian dishes, and has embarked on an international campaign alongside other top chefs from Peru promoting the Andean culture and native ingredients.

Martinez, who has successfully combined his passion for the art of cooking with great attention towards the business side, will soon be spending time in the classrooms. Lima's University of Applied Sciences (UPC) will offer a new program, Gastronomy and Culinary Management, and Martinez will teach select courses.

Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, who is serving a 25-year sentence for corruption and other crimes, may be released from Jail in December, Gloria Cano, a lawyer with the Association for Human Rights in Peru, said.
 

Clorox partnered with a local NGO in Peru called PRISMA in a multi-pronged approach that included the installation of bleach dispensers near water sources in said rural villages, as well as an educational program to teach people how and why to use them.

So far, there are 15 water dispensers installed near 5 water sources, which reach about 3,000 people. By the end of the 5-year commitment, there will be 75 dispensers.

Peruvian prison officials denied on Monday a claim that convicted killer Joran van der Sloot was stabbed by other inmates in the remote maximum security prison where he was recently transferred for disciplinary reasons.

A prisons authority official said Van der Sloot has been isolated from other prisoners in the Challapalca prison in Peru's southern highlands. The official said he has two superficial wounds on his abdomen that were probably self-inflicted.